4 Things You NEED to Understand About Why the "Average Cardio Workout" May Be PREVENTING You From Losing Stubborn Body Fat ATTENTION: If you have ever tried and failed to lose weight by spending 30, 45, or even 60 minutes trying to force yourself to endure long, slow, and painfully boring cardio workouts to try and lose weight, then it is vitally important that you read this article...

1. Did you know that your body adapts very quickly to long, ?same speed? cardio workouts, which can make you burn less calories each time you workout?

This is something that at least 95% of people do not understand.  The more time you spend doing a cardio workout such as walking, running, using the treadmill, elliptical, bike, rowing machine, etc., the more your body adapts and the less calories you burn!  Even worse, most people do a cardio workout and go at the same speed the whole time.

Imagine this.  If you went outside to run 5 miles right now, it would be pretty tough if you weren?t conditioned for it. But if you did that same run 5 times a week for the next two months, what do you think would happen?  It would get easier!

Your body would become more efficient at doing the same workout over and over.  Once this happens, the workout becomes less of a challenge each time you do it.  After awhile, you might burn half the calories as you did when you first started.

The only solution then is to run faster or run further.  Unless you have a serious passion for running, who wants to do that?

Unfortunately most people make this exact same mistake with their own cardio workouts.  They do the same workout repeatedly in the gym or at home.  At first they might lose some weight, but pretty soon their body adapts and their progress comes to a screeching halt!

2. Did you know that several research studies have shown that too much long, slow cardio can actually make you lose lean muscle mass, which in turn slows down your metabolism?

This is another major downside to doing too much same speed cardio.  Most people have a ?more cardio is better? mentality and think nothing about how it is affecting their metabolism.  One of the biggest factors to your metabolism is how much lean muscle mass you have!

Having proportionate lean muscle mass turns your body into a calorie burning factory.  Unfortunately, excessive amounts of same speed cardio does nothing to help you build lean muscle mass.  Even worse, too much of it can make you lose muscle and slow down your metabolism.

Like we just talked about in the first reason, lots of same speed cardio makes you more efficient at doing the same workout.  Combine that with a decrease in muscle mass and you have a perfect recipe for a weight loss plateau or even worse, gaining more weight back.

3. Did you know that long, slow cardio workouts have little to no impact on your resting metabolism?

Sure, you might burn 300 calories after spending 45 minutes walking on a treadmill.  But unless you are really pushing yourself the whole time, the calorie burn is going to mostly stop when you finish your workout.    That means one Vitamin Water or a Gatorade afterwards has, for the most part, negated the calories burned during the entire workout!

Let?s face another fact.  The 30, 45, or 60 minute you spend on a cardio machine is usually no joy ride.  So many people try to space off and read a magazine, cover the timer with a towel, talk on a cell phone, or do anythin